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In 2025

Explore the impact CMS bureaus made throughout 2025.

This webpage highlights key accomplishments, milestones, and initiatives from across the agency, showcasing how our teams worked together to deliver results for Illinoisans statewide.

ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS

  • Created Motion Wizard for Self-Represented Litigants
  • Launched access to Justice Internship Program

ILLINOIS AFRICAN DESCENT-CITIZENS REPARATIONS COMMISSIONS

  • Hosted three public hearings across the state

BENEFITS

  • Conducted 21 in-person open enrollment fairs 
  • Implemented 3 new voluntary benefits programs
  • Be Well Illinois won Aetna’s 2025 Platinum Level Workplace Wellness Award
  • Successfully navigated a major insurance agency leaving the market

DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

  • Led a Community Partner Summit 
  • The D&I Community Partner Internship Program continues to grow the largest and most diverse cohort

FLEET MANAGEMENT

  • Received, inspected and incorporated 1,186 new vehicles

INTERNAL AUDIT

  • Delivered 10 statewide training webinars 
  • Reached over 900 total attendees
  • Saved over $95,000 to the State by providing free CPE

ILLINOIS OFFICE OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION

  • Renovated a new Springfield studio 
  • Became verified on BlueSky, Instagram, and Facebook
  • Earned over 40 million impressions across all platforms

LABOR RELATIONS

  • Managed labor aspects of newly-created Department of Early Childhood
  • Transformed 745 IDOT non-Personnel Code positions to Personnel Code positions to satisfy the court’s Shakman Decree

OFFICE OF OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE

  • Hosted 9 Rapid Results Workshops with 364 participants
  • Celebrated a cohort of 32 individuals from 21 agencies in the Governor’s Office Academy of Leadership

PERSONNEL

  • Launched a statewide Intern-to-Hire program
  • Reduced hiring time by an average of over 42 days
  • Attended over 300 outreach events

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

  • Launched a statewide Intern-to-Hire program
  • Reduced hiring time by an average of over 42 days
  • Attended over 300 outreach events

STRATEGIC SOURCING

  • Hosted two high-impact Vendor Summits
  • Launched the Vendor 1-on-1 Support Program

STRATEGIC TRANSFORMATION

  • Completed the CMS agency-level Strategic Plan
  • Provided insight for around 30 active IT and transformation projects

SURPLUS EQUIPMENT CONTROL

  • Sold over $2 million worth of surplus equipment
  • Facilitated federal equipment transfers through the GSA and LESO programs
Learn more about CMS 2025 Reports